Le Marais Chocolat truffles are available locally and across the country via USPS shipping

HOW IT BEGAN

This chocolate adventure started two years ago out of my personal passion for cooking, Fair Trade chocolate, dreaming up flavor combinations, and my desire to help after the earthquake in Haiti. Among other fundraising efforts, I began selling truffles to friends and
family at the holidays as a way to raise funds for BLU MOON Foundation’s
Haiti Orphanage Adoption Program (HOAP). Through our fundraising efforts, including truffles sales, we've been able to help orphanages in Haiti with clean water, food
and other needed supplies (like the school uniforms below). We even went and renovated an orphanage!

This last holiday season, friends, and friends of friends, started buying
truffles in larger numbers, 60 here, 100 there, one friend in Texas ordered 15
dozen. And over and over I heard, “these are better than (fill in your favorite
high-end chocolate here). You should really do this as a business” so I decided
to make it official and launch Le Marais Chocolat in January 2012, with a little (lot) of help
from my friends!

And right out the gate, I’ve received great feedback and
orders of chocolate from some local retailers.

Here’s what a
professional chef and Le Marais fan, Tina Termsomket, had to say about our truffles:

“Wish you could have seen my friends' faces while they were devouring the
truffles! Explicit and exquisite!!!”

And in our very first week in business, we took some truffles to a local specialty food shop to sample and they ordered 50 boxes on the spot.

Please feel
free to send me any questions you may have; I'd be happy to talk with you about
my plans. Thanks very much, and I hope you’ll check out our truffles at www.lemaraischocolat.com.

FAQ

Absolutely! We use 2 day shipping and have sent them from west to east many times without a problem. We just recommend that when your chocolates arrive, if you're not going to eat them right away, put them in the freezer until you are ready to enjoy.

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge $100 or more
About $100

Two and half dozen truffles sent to your door! Plus, A Le Marais Chocolat postcard and our sincere thanks with a shout out on Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr. (For US contributors only, if you live overseas and want to try them, we can discuss shipping costs.)

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge $5,000 or more
About $5,000

Two dozen truffles every month for a year, with an extra two dozen of our special holiday truffles in November and December and a unique Le Marais Chocolat truffle developed just for you! Leslie will also hold a truffle making class in your home for you and up to 8 friends.

Plus, a framed Le Marais Chocolat image featuring a picture of our truffles and our sincere thanks with a shout out on Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr and the Le Marais Chocolat website.

(For US contributors only, if you live overseas, we can discuss shipping and travel costs.)